4th of July Weekend

We've had a very relaxing weekend at home.  One of Pete's high school classmates is a volunteer for the Norm Coleman campaign and she signed us up to walk in the Delano Parade on the 4th.  It was a very nice walk and we only got heckled a few times.  On Friday evening, our neighbors were having a big party that ended with a spectacular fireworks display!  They lit them off in the empty lot between our houses.  We got Andrew to bed just in time and then sat out on the deck and watched the fireworks over the pond.  Luckily, Andrew was very tired and slept through the whole thing. 

We spent the rest of the weekend playing with Andrew, watering the grass (got heckled, again, by the neighbors...they think we should put in an irrigation system), and went for lots of nice long walks.  

Andrew spent some time with me in the kitchen.  We stocked the freezer with homemade baby food.  So far he's had carrots, peas, green beans, squash, sweet potatoes, apples, pears, bananas, and apricots.  

Andrew was checking out the freshly mowed grass for the first time.  Yes, this was his first 4th of July outfit.  No, I didn't put him in a cute blue, red, and white outfit.  Notice how there is blue and white (okay, it's really cream) and stripes though! 

Andrew and Dad. 

He felt kind of sad because the neighbor kids got to sleep in a tent in their backyard. 

Check out the blue heron that we see almost every morning!